I met with Linda Vester on two occasions, both at her request, 23 years ago, because she wanted advice with respect to her career at NBC, the meetings were brief, cordial and appropriate, and despite Linda’s allegations, I made no romantic overtures towards her, at that time or any other.

Tom Brokaw

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It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference... by Tom Brokaw

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

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A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the ga... by Tom Brokaw

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.

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You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

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It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circut our souls. There is no delete button for racism, poverty, or sectarian violence. No key stroke can ever clean the air, save a river, preserve a forest. This transformational new technology must be an extension of our hearts as well as of our mind.

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Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are... by Tom Brokaw

Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias.

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In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up.

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No text message will ever replace the first kiss. by Tom Brokaw

No text message will ever replace the first kiss.

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I believe you make your own luck. My motto is ‘It’s always a mistake not to go.’ So I jump on the airplane, try new things—sometimes I get in way over my head, but then I think, I’ll work my way out of this somehow. A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning…The thing I love about living in New York is that I never fail to get up in the morning and think, Something adventurous is going to happen today. The energy is operating at full throttle all the time. And if you want to be lucky you’ve got to go out and take advantage of it.

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I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views.

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It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all ab... by Tom Brokaw

It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

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The WWII generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility and the marriage vow " For better or for worse--it was the last generation in which, broadly speaking, marriage was a commitment and divorce was not an option

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It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough.

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A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence tod... by Tom Brokaw

A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility

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Judy Miller is the most innocent person in this case. I really thought that was outrageous that she was jailed and we needed as journalists to draw a line in the sand in a strong but thoughtful way.

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Don't be afraid to do something unconventional, to take a chance,... by Tom Brokaw

Don't be afraid to do something unconventional, to take a chance, to risk something.

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Votes are something that you earn. by Tom Brokaw

Votes are something that you earn.

It doesn't do any good to wire the world if we short circuit the... by Tom Brokaw

It doesn't do any good to wire the world if we short circuit the soul.

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there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.

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If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is the high church. by Tom Brokaw

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is the high church.

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There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, frigates, sloops, and other special combat vessels--all involved in a surprise attack on the heavily fortified north coast of France, to secure a beachhead in the heart of enemy-held territory so that the march to Germany and victory could begin. It was daring, risky, confusing, bloody, and ultimately glorious [p.25]

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